MV Asterix

	MV Asterix in July 2018
History
Name	Asterix
Owner	Federal Fleet Services Inc. (as of October 2015) ; Capital Ship Management (before October 2015);
Operator	Capital Ship Management (before October 2015)
Port of registry	Liberia 2010–2015; Canada 2015;
Builder	Lloyd Werft Wismar
Yard number	147
Laid down	21 October 2008
Launched	27 January 2009
Completed	1 May 2010
In service	2010–2015
Out of service	October 2015 – January 2018
Renamed	Amorito October 2010 – November 2013; Neermoor June–October 2010; Cynthia early 2010 – June 2010;
Identification	IMO number: 9348182 ; MMSI number: 636014884 ; Callsign: A8XE9;
Status	Converted to military supply ship by Davie Shipbuilding/Federal Fleet Services and leased to the Government of Canada
Canada
Name	Asterix
Acquired	2015
Commissioned	6 March 2018
Identification	IMO number: 9348182 ; MMSI number: 316030879 ; Callsign: CFN7327;
Status	In service
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	18,199 GT ; 23,792 DWT;
Length	182.52 m (598 ft 10 in) oa
Beam	25.2 m (82 ft 8 in)
Draught	9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Installed power	MAN 7S60 MC-C Mk8, 16,660 kW (22,340 hp)
Propulsion	1 fixed propeller, 1 bow thruster
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Crew	24
General characteristics (as converted)
Type	Auxiliary replenishment vessel
Displacement	26,000 tonnes (full load)
Length	182.5 m (598 ft 9 in)
Beam	25.2 m (82 ft 8 in)
Draught	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	1 engine plus retractable bow thruster
Speed	>20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	>10,000 nmi (19,000 km)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 × RHIBs; 2 × Fast rescue craft; 2 × LCVP landing craft; 2 × Lifeboats;
Capacity	400 tonnes (400 cubic metres (400,000 L))/day of fresh water; F76 marine diesel: 10,497 m3 (10,497,000 L) ; F44 aviation fuel: 1,332 m3 (1,332,000 L);
Complement	350 (HaDR)
Crew	150
Armament	(provisions for, but not fitted with) ; 3 × Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclones
Aviation facilities	aft deck - 1 landing spot and 2 hangars capable of holding Chinook size helicopters.

MV Asterix (formerly MS Asterix, MS Amorito, MS Neermoor and MS Cynthia) is a Canadian commercial container ship. It was purchased by Federal Fleet Services as part of Project Resolve, and was later converted into a supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). She is intended to act as an interim replacement between the out of service Protecteur-class replenishment oiler and the future Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel. Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 when she will be leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.

The ship was owned by Capital Ship Management of Greece and registered in Monrovia, Liberia. The vessel was delivered at Quebec in October 2015 for conversion by a pan-consortium comprising Chantier Davie Canada, Aecon Pictou Shipyard of Pictou, Nova Scotia and NavTech, the conversion designer. The vessel is limited in her deployment to enter dangerous areas due to her lack of weapons systems and military-grade radars, and inability to survive combat damage.

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